Module ARA3129 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3129: Nationalisms in the Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
- What is nationalism?
- Nationalism and nation-state
- The Ottoman and Safavid Empires
- Arab nationalism
- Turkish Nationalism
- Egyptian Nationalism
- Jewish nationalism
- Palestinian Nationalism
- Nationalism in Iran
- Kurdish nationalism
- Review
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 22 | Classroom hours (11x2 hour seminars)Teaching sessions will normally include lecturing and class discussion focussing on individual presentations or on specific learning tasks. Emphasis will be placed on the evaluation of selected primary and secondary sources |
| Guided Independent study | 128 | A variety of independent study tasks directed by module leader to include reading, engagement in discussion on VLE, regular interaction in seminars, events and office hours outside of class time. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Smith, Anthony D. Nationalism, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, USA, 2001
I.Gershoni/J-Jankowsi, Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East, Columbia UP., 1997
M-J.Esman/I.Rabinovic, Ethnicity, Pluralism and the State in the Middle East, Ithaca Press, 1988
Arjomand, S.A. From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam, SUNY Press, 1984
Vali, Abbas (ed.) Essays on the Origins of Kurdish Nationalism, Costa Mesa, Mazda. 2003
Said, Edward W. The Questions of Palestine, Vintage, 1992.
Rose, Jacqueline, The Question of Zion, Princeton University Press, 2005.
